Ergonomic evaluation of a fixture used for power driven wire-tying hand tools

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Li, Kai Way ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fixture; Hand tool design; Wire tying task

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); HAND TOOLS; SCREWS;

PLIERS;

ERGONOMICS;

METAL;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

EID: 0037783981     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(03)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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